Forum Quotes: Start Rocking

A couple of people -- okay, a lot of people -- have requested that we add quoting functionality to the ESP forums. Your wish is our command. Quoting is now possible, thanks to our web development team and to your feedback on making the forum better. Thanks for your patience. You can quote me on that (literally).

Thanks for the input RK! I will say that we're looking forward and not backward. We won't "ditch approved members", but we still can make tweaks to how the forum performs. We might consult with you and a few other folks here who seem to have good ideas on ways to make the forums improve. Are more smilies super important to the experience of using the forum?

Thanks for the input RK! I will say that we're looking forward and not backward. We won't "ditch approved members", but we still can make tweaks to how the forum performs. We might consult with you and a few other folks here who seem to have good ideas on ways to make the forums improve.

Before when people made suggestions they were met with sarcasim and rude comments. People who seemed to actually know the business (Single Coil Pickup and homess) were routinely dismissed before. Now you want to consult with them to help the forum. What caused this change of heart?

Thanks for the input RK! I will say that we're looking forward and not backward. We won't "ditch approved members", but we still can make tweaks to how the forum performs. We might consult with you and a few other folks here who seem to have good ideas on ways to make the forums improve. Are more smilies super important to the experience of using the forum?

Most noobs can't figure out how to become approved members. I pretty much had to upload 100's of pics just to get approved. Anyways, if some noob wants to show off his or her new guitar but then can't, I don't see this person sticking around.

How do I become an approved member? I want to show off my Lynch collection but it won't let me.

Interesting statement given that this forum is a large step backward in terms of technical features.

The approved members thing is flat-out terrible. It's not about "looking backward," it's about making the forum usable. There have been many guitar-related things I've been interested in posting and then just gave up when I got the stupid "non-approved member" thing despite being around here for 6 years.

I'm quite confident you'll find old members and new members alike would agree on that point. Stopping people from being able to share until they reach some threshold that isn't described anywhere is pure frustration and drives users away.